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Flooding continues across Iowa: safety and cleanup reminders to help with recovery

• 6/27/2024 11:28:00 AM
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While some parts of Iowa continue to experience high and rising flood waters, other communities are in recovery and clean-up mode.

Caution urged as Iowans clean up storm damaged trees

• 7/6/2022 10:11:00 AM
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State forestry experts are encouraging Iowans to proceed with caution as they are cleaning up the tree damage from Tuesday’s storms.

Stay Safe during storm cleanup—separate woody debris, asbestos-containing materials, trash

• 3/9/2022 3:07:00 PM
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DES MOINES—Sorting disaster debris after Saturday’s tornadoes is important—both to keep cleanup teams safe and to ensure debris is disposed of properly.

Caution urged as Iowans cleanup tornado damaged trees

• 3/8/2022 1:37:00 PM
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State forestry experts are encouraging Iowans to proceed with caution as they clean up tree damage from Saturday’s tornadoes.

Caution urged as Iowans cleanup damaged trees

• 12/16/2021 9:16:00 AM
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State forestry experts are encouraging Iowans to proceed with caution as they begin cleaning up the tree damage from Wednesday’s storm.

Asbestos guidelines to follow during storm cleanup to ensure safety

• 8/21/2020 1:35:00 PM
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In the aftermath of last week’s derecho, many Iowans are dealing with the clean-up of storm-damaged buildings. 

Caution urged as Iowans cleanup damaged trees

• 8/13/2020 4:14:00 PM
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State forestry experts are encouraging Iowans to proceed with caution as they begin cleaning up the extensive tree damage from Monday’s historic storm.

Upper Cedar River cleanup expedition set to launch in July

• 6/8/2017 1:50:00 PM
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CHARLES CITY – Volunteers will have an opportunity this summer to spend their vacations cleaning up, learning about and exploring 55 miles of the upper Cedar River from the Iowa-Minnesota border to Nashua from July 10 to 14 as part of Project AWARE. Early registration ends June 16.

Project AWARE cleanup to tackle the Upper Cedar River

• 4/27/2017 12:52:00 PM
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CHARLES CITY – Volunteers will have an opportunity this summer to spend their vacations cleaning up, learning about and exploring 60 miles of the upper Cedar River from the Iowa-Minnesota border to Nashua from July 10 to 14. 

Project AWARE Cleanup to Take On Lower Des Moines River

• 3/29/2016 7:37:00 AM
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KEOSAUQUA – Volunteers will have an opportunity this summer to spend their vacations cleaning up, learning about and exploring 53 miles of the Lower Des Moines River between Eldon and Farmington from July 11 to 15.